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Brewer's: All Fours

A game of cards; so called from the four points that are at stake, viz. High, Low, Jack, and Game. To go on all fours is to crawl about on knees and hands like a little child. It does…

Brewer's: Amyclaean Silence

More silent than Amyclæ. The inhabitants of Amyclæ were so often alarmed by false rumours of the approach of the Spartans, that they made a decree no one should ever again mention the…

Don't Become a Victim of Hurricane Relief Fraud

By Patrick Craven I know you have seen the all the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey that hit Texas, Louisiana and other states. Harvey has broken all US records when it comes to rainfall,…

Sirach: 19

Sirach Chapter 19 1 A labouring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little. 2 Wine and women will…

The Movies of 1998

AfflictionAir Bud: Golden RetrieverThe AlarmistAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Almost HeroesAmerican History XAntzThe ApostleApt PupilArmageddonThe AvengersBabe, Pig in the CityBad…

A Prayer for my Daughter

A Prayer for my DaughterOnce more the storm is howling and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle But Gregory's Wood and one bare hill Whereby…

2002 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 19, 2002.Outstanding Play (tie)The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? and MetamorphosesOutstanding…

Brewer's: Paradise and the Peri

The second tale in Moore's poetical romance of Lalla Rookh. The Peri laments her expulsion from Heaven, and is told she will be readmitted if she will bring to the Gate of Heaven the “gift…